Aged 18 to 25, citizens of the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and Singapore share their thoughts.

Young adults from five different nations have shared their thoughts on lockdown and their governments’ approaches to tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

Focusing on Generation Z, creative agency ZAK spoke to five people aged from 18 to 25 from the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and Singapore.

– Josh Eyitayo, 25, London

Mr Eyitayo, from Streatham, London, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent speech, in which he relaxed lockdown rules and changed the key message from “stay home” to “stay alert”, was “ridiculous”.

“In terms of waffle, it wasn’t even a sweet type of waffle, it was like the potato waffle… that waffle there was bland,” he said.

“Here I wouldn’t say (lockdown) has been that serious, it’s almost like summer holiday – the lockdown happens when it’s raining.

Germany stopped short of ordering its 80 million population to remain at home, instead opting for strict social distancing measures. Public gatherings were banned, except for families who live together, and restaurants told to close along with other non-essential shops.

The states of Bavaria and Saarland, however, put their residents on lockdown, telling them to stay at home

Mr Prodanovic was let go by the coffee shop where he worked before the quarantine, which he says is fraying — with public transport “completely full”.

“To be honest with you, lockdown doesn’t really exist any more… people are living their day-to-day lives completely normally,” he said.

“You don’t need a bar or a restaurant to go drinking – people are just drinking outside. I mean, I’ve been doing it, it’s great.

“Pretty much you’re supposed to have a mask anywhere you go… nobody’s doing that.

“I can’t put 100% trust in the government, I’d say I put around a good 70-80%, but I’ll leave that 20% for a bit of suspicion.”

Sindujah, 18, Singapore

Singapore went into lockdown at the start of April, and while some lockdown measures have been extended to June, home-based businesses, such as hairdressers, have reopened, and some students are set to return to school on May 19.

Student Sindujah, 18, says the streets are very quiet and the city is being very compliant.

They have just received their government-issued facemask in the post — which were first announced by the government at the start of February.